Russia proposes joint naval drills with North Korea and China

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Moscow has suggested North Korea take part in joint naval exercises with Russia and China, in what would be a first for the Pyongyang regime.

Military and political ties between Moscow and Pyongyang have intensified since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, but joint naval drills would mark a new level of co-operation as tensions rise between the US and China and their respective allies in east Asia.

Yoo Sang-bum, a lawmaker from South…